College of Medicine
Carr Lab
Led by Brent R Carr · Psychiatry
What we study
The lab studies psychiatric treatments like ECT, TMS, and DBS, focusing on improving their effectiveness and ethical use. They also explore how clinicians define treatment success and risks.
What working here is like
- Clinical
- Human participants
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
GenECT initiative
Looks for biomarkers that could predict who benefits from electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), through the GenECT initiative.
NNDC ketamine consensus work
Clarifying therapeutic boundaries for ketamine in depression.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Persistent Tremor in Bipolar Disorder: A Case Report of Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease Superimposed on Lithium and Antipsychotic Effects
2026 · Case Reports in Psychiatry
Describes a case of bipolar disorder with Parkinson's-like symptoms caused by lithium and antipsychotics.
- Fielded Attention: Reframing ADHD Through a Relational Ontology of Context
2026 · Journal of Attention Disorders
Proposes a new way to think about ADHD by focusing on how attention relates to surroundings.
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- Delusion Is Not a Bug: AI, Psychiatry, and the Ethics of Uncertainty
2026 · The Hastings Center Report
Argues that AI systems don't detect delusion but create false certainty in mental health contexts.
- The rhythm of the fit: notes on early maintenance electroconvulsive therapy, 1940 – Psychiatry in history
2026 · The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Listening as Care: William Carlos Williams’s Bilingual Clinic
2026 · William Carlos Williams Review
Examines how William Carlos Williams's bilingual upbringing shaped his medical and poetic work.
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How to reach out
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